11 Real Retail Worker Confessions

No one ever said working in retail was fun — or easy, or pretty, for that matter. With the holiday season upon us, the busiest time of year for shopping, we asked retail workers their biggest secrets and the confessions might make you switch to e-commerce only. “Working in retail has turned me into such a fake person. I’ll lie to you and say you look good just so you buy something,” one employee admitted. But if you’re lucky, you might even get this cashier worker: “‘I work in retail, and I know it’s bad, but if I’m ringing up a pretty girl and she’s really nice, then I’ll give her my employee discount.”